surge update - 4 Marines Killed

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Iraqi President’s Wife Unharmed in Blast; 4 Marines Killed

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A bomb hit a motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady through Baghdad on Sunday, while the U.S. military said a roadside explosion killed four Marines in the deadliest attack in western Anbar province in months.

The motorcade bombing in Baghdad's Karrada district injured four of Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed's bodyguards but left her unharmed, according to the office of her husband, President Jalal Talabani.

She was headed to the city's central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when the attack occurred just before noon, said the presidential office. It was unclear if she was the target or if the bombing was random.

The four Marines were killed in Anbar province on Friday, but no other details of the incident were released.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[jaxx]

1. Anbar. That's where the sunnis who used to kill our troops now get guns from us.

Anbar where the bad guys are now the good guys. Or are they? This pisses me off to no end....that fool in the WH just caused 4 more to die for his lies.

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2. fallujah

Fallujah (Arabic: الفلوجة‎; Al Fallujah, sometimes transliterated as Falluja or Fallouja) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries. The city grew from a small town in 1947 to a pre-war population of about 435,774 inhabitants in 2003, according to UN data; however, according to the former regime, there are about 600,000 inhabitants. The current population is unknown but estimated at over 25,131, with approximately 300 Sunni immigrants arriving monthly from Baghdad. Within Iraq, it is known as the "city of mosques" for the more than 200 mosques found in the city and surrounding villages. The Iraq War has reportedly damaged 80% of the city's buildings, with 50% totally destroyed, including 60 of the city's mosques.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah

[leftchick]

3. Vietnam redux

but on the plus side KBR/Halliburton/BIG OIL profits are up!

:(